VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-31920

CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.32%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-05-27
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Description

Istio before 1.8.6 and 1.9.x before 1.9.5 has a remotely exploitable vulnerability where an HTTP request path with multiple slashes or escaped slash characters (%2F or %5C) could potentially bypass an Istio authorization policy when path based authorization rules are used.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-706

Primary references